

For a small but effective lift on a day when you don’t feel quite as expensive, remember the bridge: “Blind em with your shine”įollow Big Freedia on Instagram and Twitter. The wisdom of bounce music is often plainly obvious, and “Platinum” is no different. Gassing everyone up, Freedia sings about being flawless and feeling like a million bucks. 595K views, 10K likes, 6.6K loves, 5.4K comments, 1.3K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Big Freedia: Welcome to Big Freedia’s Kitchen For Freedia’s. For the song’s visualizer, our queer hero is joined by home videos of street performers, everyone dripping in shimmering garments to enhance their shine. “Platinum” is the steady dance anthem that makes gold seem like a metal for peasants. She also has a passion for interior design and needless to say she’s always conceiving and recording new music.


In April of last year, a documentary called Freedia Got a Gun premiered it discusses the complexities of gun violence from Freedia’s perspective after her brother fell victim to it in 2018.

So I wanted to release all those things.Without rehashing what everyone already knows about this Beyoncé, RuPaul, and Lizzo collaborator (just to name a few), it’s still worth noting that Big Freedia has no problem keeping herself busy. Sometimes you want to explode, all the things that you’re going through. All those things, I try to forget about those things and get into my zone. Freedia meets with Ashonta Wyatt, a middle school vice principal, 14-year-old Devin Walker, who is trapped in a cycle of violence, and Calvin Pep who works to address trauma and change minds about. Organizers have announced a lineup of more than 270 acts for New Orleans 40th annual French Quarter Festival, billed as Louisianas largest free showcase of. “If I’m there, I can do a whole lot more.” She also spoke about the origin of “Explode”: “At the time when I wrote ‘Explode,’ I was thinking about all of those things I wanted to release, and the things I do release when I get onstage. King also asked if Freedia wanted to re-record the “Explode” vocals for “Break My Soul.” “Of course,” she said. You can use whatever you need, honey,” she said. Freedia was nominated for a 2011 GLAAD Media Award. Host Gayle King asked Freedia if it mattered how the song was going to be used. Born Freddie Ross, she is a musician known for her work in bounce music, a sub-genre of hip hop. Big Freedia (pronounced Free-da) is the undisputed Queen Diva of Bounce Music, and performs six or more times a week in various venues throughout her. Freedia spoke about going to Los Angeles to hear the song in the studio (where she met Beyoncé in person), how the sample came to be, the influence of bounce music, and more. Big Freedia appeared on CBS Mornings today (July 29) to speak about her appearance on Beyoncé’s “ Break My Soul,” which samples Freedia’s 2014 song “ Explode” and appears on Beyoncé’s new album Renaissance.
